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Apple Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Fall is back and Love and Lemons has squeezed all the favorite fall flavors in this recipe! I gave it a G2K spin and adapted it for my own favorite fall flavors.  It is spiked with cinnamon, apples, pecans, oats and cranberries.  Yum!  

Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed + 4 tablespoons warm water
  • 1½ cups oat flour blended from 2 cups whole rolled oats*
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ cup very creamy peanut butter butter
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • ¼ cup organic unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • 1 cup whole rolled oats
  • ¾ cup finely chopped apple I like hard sweet apples
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • ¼ cup dried cranberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the flaxseed and water. Stir and set aside to thicken for about 5 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, stir together the oat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

  4. In a medium bowl, combine the peanut butter, coconut oil, applesauce, vanilla, and coconut sugar. Add the thickened flaxseed mixture and stir well.

  5. Stir the whole rolled oats, apples, pecans, and cranberries into the bowl of dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir well to combine. The batter will be thick and sticky.

  6. Drop rounded tablespoons onto the baking sheet and press down slightly. I use a cookie scoop sprayed with coconut oil.  I packed them tightly so the cookie would not fall apart. 

  7. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the bottoms are nicely browned. (Note: do not under-bake or your cookies will be more likely to fall apart).
  8. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack.

RECIPE ADOPTED FROM THE LOVE AND LEMONS RECIPE BLOG SITE

Recipe Notes

These are soft cake-like cookies.  Do not underbake them, they will fall apart.  When storing them they are better if they have a little air around them.  Putting them into a sealed container might cause them to crumble!